Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-05-10
PERSONAL AND IMpERsoNAL.


Toni Lufor, French quadroon Of
New Orleans, is the richest colored
man In America. He is wroth 81, $780,
D00.-M o. Times.
When Admiral Nelson fell at
Trafalgar he had in his pocket eighty
four guineas. A Portsmouth (Eng.)
gentleman owns these and has them
riveted into apaper-weight form.
j. w. Britton, of Cleveland, has
received handsome gold medal from
the Prince of Wales In recognition of
the merits OF his machine for the level
ing Of iron and steel rolled plates.
Mark Twain is getting old very
fast, but does not like to be told of 1t.
His hair is nearly white, but Mark per-
sists that this was caused by sitting in
damp churches out in California. NJ
Y. Times.
Il. b. Davis, the inventor of the
locomotive "cowcatcher." is living in
Cincinnati. devoting himself princi-
pally 70 designing patterns for iron
work. He never received any remuner-
alton for tho ''cowcatcher. " Cincinnati
Times.
--Duprez, the once famous tenor, has
a hobby for cats in his old age, and is
said to feed hundreds of them every
day. The animals remind him Of the
days when he associated with sopranos,
especially when they get to fighting
the cats, not the sopranos.
AS family man David Wright
(colored), of Columbia City, Fla, can
hardly be surpassed. He is the father
of twenty-five children, most of them
living, and his present wife Is the
mother of twenty-soven children, nine
teen Of whom are living.-(hicago
Times.
While Mr.. Wilson Barrett was
playing Claudian in Boston six-year-
old boy, who had been taking a small
part in the play, approached the star
during an intermission and said: "Say,
Mr.. Barrett, do all these people come
to the thedter Just to sec youp Don't
some of 'em come to see mep" Mr..
Barrett's answer is notrecorded.-BoS-
ton Journal.
-"Camp Meeting John" Allen,
ninety-one years Of age, but still vigor-
Gus, lost two houses in the Pennington
(Me. fire, with the manuscript OF an
autobiography on which he had been
at work for twenty years, his certif-
Gates and ministerial licenses and many
valuable papers. He is nowin Boston,
where he intends to make his homo
with o daughter Boston Budget,
A ~o~o A., T.. Natka,. Hohbo
near Penfeld, Ga. He is now in his
ninety.seyenth year aud can work
every day and read without speotacles,
He was born in the latter part Of the
eighteenth century, Seventy-live years
ago he settled nj his present home, and
there he has lived continuously ever
since. For eighty-iive years Nathan
has been afflicted with rheumatism
atlanta Constitution,
Martin Gomez has deposited Sl5,-
900 in New Bedford (Mass.) bank
under rather curious circumstances,
He recently reached that place from
San Francisco, and is bound for his
home at Fayal on a ship which sails
this week. While in San Francisco a
friend gave Gomez lottery ticket
which he had grown tired of carrying,
On reaching New Bedford Gomoz dis.
covered that the ticket had drawn
SI5. 200 prize. .-Boston Herald.
w. c. McCauley, of Baltimore, a
commercial traveller representing a
number of oyster packing houses in
Baltimore and New York, has received
the information that the last will Of a
ST. Paul lady bequeathed to him leg
ncy of 5000. The legacy is in grale-
full recognition of an act of heroism by
Mr.. McCauley, who two years ago res
cued the daughter of the lady from
drowning while she was battling at
Coney Island. Baltimore Sun